An hour later, the second piece of information from the scouts also arrived, the Great Food Army had slowly opened in the direction of the city, and a team of scouts was sent out again to monitor the enemy's marching movements.

But after a long time, the order to send troops was still not issued, Li Siye couldn't help but be anxious, the fighter plane was fleeting, and when it was decided, how could he hesitate again and again.

He flew off his horse, ran quickly towards the handsome tent, and picked up the big tent, but saw Li Qing staring at the sand table and pondering, and Duan Xiushi, who was also anxious, was standing next to him.

"General, five or two hours have passed since last night, even if they camp at night or the road is difficult, it is not very far from us, and if they don't make preparations, I am afraid that the effect of luring the enemy will be lost." Li Siye's words were very polite, which was tantamount to directly accusing Li Qingyi of delaying the fighter.

Li Qing slowly raised his head, his eyes showed that he had made up his mind, the purpose of his troops to expand the city was to lure Budu to the north, the two had intersected for a few rounds, he didn't believe that Budu would come to attack the city, and suffered a big loss from being ambushed on the right bank of the stone bridge, he couldn't let the Tang army scouts calmly observe and then leave calmly, he was sure that crossing the bridge to the east must be just a smoke bomb, and his target should still be Ross City.

He got up and said decisively to Li Siye: "Siye, you lead 5,000 cavalry to the north to aid Rus, day and night, you must not stop, and you must not fight hard with Budu, and I will remember your great merit if you put him in Rus City."

Li Siye was stunned, but the boss's order had been given, so he was not allowed to refute it, he immediately turned around and ran out of the tent with doubts.

After Li Siye walked away, Li Qing turned around and smiled at Duan Xiushi, who wanted to speak and stopped: "Seeing that you have always had something to say, you might as well talk about it, what do you suggest?" ”

Duan Xiushi hesitated. Said: "Since Budu has gone north. Why didn't the general directly attack Kangguo and smash his lair? ”

Li Qing picked up the wooden pole, pointed to Damascus and said: "His lair is here, not Kangguo, you should be able to see that my strategy is to trap Budu and lure out the elite of the Abbasids."

"The general's strategy is to besiege the city and send reinforcements, I can see this, but attack Kangguo. The Abbasids will also come to the rescue, won't the effect be the same? ”

Li Qing shook his head slightly, he raised his head and said proudly: "I know that attacking Kangguo is the same from a tactical point of view, and it can even make Budu unbearable, not only unable to take Rus City, but also annihilated. But we must consider the whole situation, and since we want to fight, we must beat the Abbasid so hard and painfully that he will no longer dare to look eastward. In this way, a hundred years, or even a thousand years later, the entire Western Regions will still be the land of our Han people."

Speaking of this, Li Qing saw that Duan Xiushi's eyes were confused, and knew that he didn't understand it yet, so he patted him on the shoulder and smiled slightly: "In the past few months, I have already figured out the details of Budu's ground. He is the uncle of the Abbas, is the third person in the black food, and has a pivotal position in the empire, the Abbasid will never sit idly by and watch his request for help, think about it, if the armies of the Abbasids and the Zhaowu countries are led to Rus, we will cut off their back roads, and then the Zhaowu countries suddenly broke out in revolt. Wouldn't it be much better to put them in a dilemma than to just annihilate 20,000 Budu? ”

Duan Xiushi suddenly realized. He looked at this young commander with admiration, maybe he was not as good as Gao Xianzhi in leading the troops on the march, but he was far superior to Gao Xianzhi in the grasp of the overall situation.

Li Qing saw that he had understood, so he immediately ordered: "I will leave 5,000 archers for you to guard the city, no matter whether there is an enemy to lure you, you can't defend it for me, do you hear?" ”

"Subordinate Order!" Duan Xiushi happily agreed, took the order arrow and strode away, Li Qing called another personal soldier and instructed him: "You take my order arrow to Bahanna, please ask King Peiluo to send troops to Rus immediately, and please ask him for the necessary grain, grass and military resources."

At this time, the big tent was quiet, Li Qing came to the sand table again, followed the stone bridge, his eyes gradually moved west, stopped on Damascus, he showed a smile in his eyes, and unconsciously said to himself: "The net has been laid, Abbasid, are you willing to come and eat this bait?" ”

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The snow gradually stopped for several days, the gloom dissipated, the sun finally came out, and the white land reflected the joy of the morning glow, but the cold seemed to have only arrived at this time, the fields were covered in silver makeup, and the forests were full of jade tree branches, which seemed to be extraordinarily crystal clear, and the river had formed a thick layer of ice, and the medicine killed the water as if it was asleep.

Nearly a hundred miles west of Ross City, an army of about 20,000 men was gathering on the west bank of Yaojishui, where the river flowed at the slowest speed and the ice should be the thickest.

Several of the soldiers checked the ice, turned around and shouted, "Your Highness, the river is frozen thick enough to pass through."

Budu smirked, he didn't go to the bridge in Whitewater City, but continued to go north, he knew that it would inevitably freeze today, and even so, it was the same with or without a bridge.

"Li Qing, you never dreamed that the old man would cross the river like this!" Budu's smug smile suddenly closed, and he shouted to the army: "Cross the river, march to Rus!" ”

The 23,000 army immediately boiled, and the black oppressive army stepped on

, footsteps 'Boom!' Boom! In a few moments, the army ran to the east shore and swooped down like a straight spear toward the city of Rus.

However, only half a day later, at the place where Budu crossed the river, another Anxi infantry of 10,000 people chased after him, and the infantry adjutant general He Lou Yurun took the lead, he carefully inspected the muddy snow that had been trampled on, and then looked at the countless white marks left on the ice, which should be the footprints of the enemy, and the snow in the north was uniform and thick, and there were no footprints to destroy, and he immediately turned back and shouted: "General, the enemy army has crossed the river from here."

"Cross the river!"

Li Qing immediately gave an order, he rode his horse to the river, stared at the direction of Ross and suddenly smiled faintly: "Old Budu, I'm afraid you won't think that I'm behind you!" ”

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Ross City, this is the northern fortress of the stone country, there are not many residents in the city, only more than 2,000 people in hundreds of households, and there are nearly 100 Han slaves, this castle has always been a stone ** important place, about 1,000 garrisons, and the city walls are built solid and thick. There is a lot of grain and grass storage.

The besieging Tang army all came from Baishui City. Its Doulu army of 2,000 people, led by Nan Jiyun, and the newly built Dawan army has 1,000 people, the soldiers and horses are Li Qing's henchmen Li Fei Yuanli, according to Li Qing's deployment, the city of Ross is only surrounded but not fought, more than 8,000 Tang troops have already surrounded this small city like an iron bucket, they do not attack, but dig trenches one after another around the city. Prevent the enemy from breaking through and escaping.

It has been nearly half a month since Wang Cheduo was stationed in this city, and the letter of surrender and the letter asking for help had been sent to Da Shi ten days ago, and the messenger also brought back a message from Budu, ordering him to hold the city of Rus, and the reinforcements arrived later, and Che Duodu's confidence was greatly boosted, and he personally went to the city every day to supervise the defense. Prepare a large number of solid stones and logs, and prepare to attack the Tang army.

Unexpectedly, the Tang army had no sign of attacking the city at all, and only surrounded the city to the ground, and it seemed that they were waiting for something? Che Duolu vaguely guessed Tang Jundi's intentions. He began to feel uneasy, hoping that the Great Food Army would come to help, but he was afraid that there would be too few reinforcements, but he would be swallowed by the Tang Army. As the snow fell, his expectations grew colder day by day.

Early this morning, Che Duodu, as usual, came to the head of the city to look into the distance, but before he could go to the city, the soldiers in the city shouted, he ran up to the city in a few steps, and found that the Tang army under the city had begun to retreat. Yes! The tents that were originally dense like mushrooms have disappeared, and the orderly columns of the Tang army are retreating south quickly and methodically.

All the people in the city looked at each other. I don't know what happened, but one thing is for sure, the Don army is retreating, and things are developing on the bright side.

The retreat of the Tang army accelerated again, and at this time, Che Duolu had already seen that due west, there was an army that was rapidly moving to this side, 'Reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming! He was the first to shout, tears streaming from his eyes, and the whole city of Rus' cheered, and the cheers resounded through the sky, and the procession drew closer and closer, and he could already see the black banner waving in the wind.

But the accident happened when the joy was at its peak, the cheers suddenly became smaller, and gradually disappeared, almost everyone felt a slight vibration under their feet, Che Duo looked around in panic, looking for the source of the shock, he slammed down on the city wall, staring at the southwest, his eyes wide.

A black line appeared in the distance, unusually clear on the snowy grassland, the black line quickly opened, and the overwhelming Tang cavalry killed, and the cold murderous aura made everyone breathless, without the slightest hesitation, without the slightest stop, like a wild sandstorm to swallow the Great Food Army.

This is exactly the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Siye, they arrived at the city of Ross as early as last night, but the target did not appear, the 5,000 cavalry was like a tiger lurking in the shadows, once the target appeared, they would not hesitate to pounce.

"Kang**, give me a fight!" Budu ordered loudly, although the sudden appearance of five thousand Tang Army Iron Cavalry caught him off guard, but he was experienced in a hundred battles and quickly balanced the strength of the battlefield, and the three thousand Great Food Elite in his hand would definitely not be the first to be thrown, this is the only reliance to protect himself from the Great Food, let the Kang people be a meat shield!

"Kill it!" He brandished his sword and hissed and shouted, "Kill!" Bravely Kang ** team, the honor belongs to you. ”

But Marshal Kang Guo's face was frightened green, this is not the Shi ** team, but the Tang Anxi Army, which has opened up thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and made countless countries frightened by the army, and the elite of Kang Guo has already been killed by the cannibals, how can these new recruits be the opponents of the Anxi Army, he no longer disregarded the humility due to the vanquished, rushed to Budu and shouted: "Your Highness, let's withdraw first!" ”

"What did you say?" Budu smiled fiercely, he snatched a spear from his own soldier's hand, stabbed it violently, stabbed Marshal Kang Guo through the heart, knocked him off his horse, and said coldly: "You dare to shake my military heart!" ”

He casually pointed at another trembling Kangguo general, and shouted: "I appoint you as the new marshal, kill me for me!" ”

Frightened by the cold spear in Budu's hand, the new marshal had no choice but to draw his sword and shout: "We are outnumbered, kill us!" ”

Rumbling battle

, 20,000 Kang** lined up into four teams, shouting, stubbornly Yingdu smiled proudly, he grabbed the drumstick, personally beat the drum to urge the battle, as long as Kang ** weakened half of the strength of the Tang Army, his elite may not have no chance of winning.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, fifty steps, the vast majority of Kangguo's army was just recruited in the past few months, and they were put into the battlefield after hastily training, and the murderous spirit of the Tang army rushed into the sky. It was so sharp that they didn't dare to open their eyes. The crossbowmen were so frightened that they had no strength to draw their bows, and seeing that the Tang army was extremely fast, they threw away their bows and arrows one after another, and instinctively pulled out their long knives to save their lives.

'Boom! With a bang, the Tang army entered the phalanx, black mist and flesh splashed all over the sky, slashing and sweeping, the war horse raised its head to the sky and neighed, and the heavy horse's hooves kicked the enemy over without hesitation. Stepping into the snow and trampling into the flesh, the Tang cavalry was experienced, and they were divided into three teams, cutting horizontally and vertically, and attacking the enemy's ground corners.

At this moment, the Doulu army and the Dawan army, which were not far away, returned and threw themselves into the battle without hesitation. Although their combat power was not as fierce as that of the cavalry, their investment completely destroyed Kang's fighting spirit, and in less than half an hour, the balance of war had already tilted to the Tang army. Kang** has already shown signs of collapse.

Budu's face was extremely gloomy, it was obvious that the Tang army had already prepared, with so many people, how could it be impossible to capture Xiaoxiao Rus City in half a month, he glanced at the city unwillingly. If you can't get it, you can't erode the old book here, Budu waved his hand decisively, and a word burst out of his lips: "Withdraw!" ”

The three thousand cannibal army quickly withdrew from the battlefield, but Budu's heart fell into the abyss just as quickly, and just a mile behind them, a Tang army stood quietly in the snow, and they did not know when they would arrive. Silently, as if it had been waiting there for a thousand years. Bududi's eyes shrank into a slit, and his back path had been amputated.

At this time, a burst of cries suddenly broke out on the battlefield, and the withdrawal attempt of the big cannibals made Kang ** fall into a panic, which eventually led to their complete rout, and the defeat was like a mountain, tens of thousands of soldiers threw away their weapons, turned around and ran lifelessly, pushing and trampling each other, wailing all over the field, and those who couldn't run away surrendered on their knees.

Thousands of Kang** quickly retreated to the position of the Great Food Army, Budu was shocked, once they broke the formation, his own army was finished, he immediately shouted: "Send out a team of soldiers and block them from the formation." ”

'Brush! With a bang, hundreds of Da Shi infantry stepped out, holding spears in their right hands and Damascus scimitars in their left hands, forming a human wall, coldly facing the retreating army with a burst of stabbing and slashing, pity these Kang**, like fish and meat on the board, let others slaughter, they saw that there was no way to retreat, let out a shout, and fled in all directions.

To the west, 10,000 Tang troops are lined up in five rows, the cold wind blows, blowing up a piece of snow, blowing their armor, but they are still motionless, this is the most elite army of the Tang Dynasty, 10,000 Anxi Mo sword army, Han people, Hu people, they are tall and burly, strong and strong, 10,000 sharp Mo knives are clenched in their hands, their eyes are indifferent, like an insurmountable copper wall.

In the middle of the 10,000 Mo Sword Army, Li Qinggao, the envoy of the Anxi Festival and the champion general, rode on a horse, he was wearing a golden helmet, wearing iron armor, and the dark armor was shining with a faint blue light, his eyes were grim, watching the enemy's every move, Budu had three thousand troops, these were all the elites of the big food, and they could not all be put into the city, at this moment he changed his plan, and the order had been conveyed to Li Siye.

At this time, the Great Food Army had already driven away all the Kang ** team, looking for an opportunity to break through, it was time, Li Qing waved his sword and shouted: "Attack!" ”

'Woo! Woo! The low sound of the horn rose to the sky, as if the dragon chant from the east echoed on the earth, this is the order of the Tang army to encircle, 2,000 Tang army iron cavalry like a sword out of the sheath, quickly interspersed to the northeast, the original left for the Great Food Army to withdraw to the city of the passage blocked, more than 20,000 Tang Army like a shrinking pocket, gradually surrounded the Great Food Army.

"Kill it!" Budu gave the last order viciously, and the three thousand Abbasid elites roared in unison, like a crazy trapped beast, and rushed towards the west, where they were greeted by an army of ten thousand Mo swords.

In November of the year of Tianbao, the 20,000 Kang** and 3,000 food army that supported Ross encountered the main force of the Tang army in Ross City, 20,000 Kang** were defeated, the Tang army killed 1,000 enemies, captured more than 10,000 people, and less than 100 people fled back to Kangguo, and the 3,000 food army was also outnumbered, losing most of them, and finally the commander Budu only led the remnants of less than 1,000 people to flee into Ross City.

A month later, Budu. At this time, most of the main forces of the black-clothed food land were in Egypt to wipe out the remnants of the Wumai Dynasty, the road was far away, and the rescue was too late, the Abbasid immediately ordered the governor of Khorasan, Ziyad, to lead 20,000 elites, and ordered the expedition to Tochar to turn north, together with nearly 80,000 people from the Zhaowu countries, a total of 110,000 troops, with Ziad as the main general, quickly rushed to the Rus rescue, a fierce collision of the two empires kicked off.